Well House Immediately North of Barn to East of Welcombe Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Well house.

Well House Immediately North of Barn to East of Welcombe Barton

WRENN ID
twisted-granite-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1989
Type
Well house
OS grid reference
SS 229 183
Coordinates
50.93739, -4.52062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well house, located immediately north of the barn to the east of Welcombe Barton, is likely from the 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a corbelled stone roof. The structure is round in shape with a flat front that has a rectangular opening leading to the well. The door is from the 20th century. Inside, there is a circular stone-lined well shaft.

Local climate

Well House Immediately North of Barn to East of Welcombe Barton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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